skate
noun
Example Sentences
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Kate said she was unhappy with the response and felt the health board "skated over" the issues, adding that doctors should have "realised sooner that it wasn't just a skin condition".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Pro 7, which ran an advertising campaign in which their mascot held an Olympic flame or curled, skated or bob-sledded down a supermarket aisle, was fined a total of 550,000 euros.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Olympian, who went to the locker room at the end of the second period after taking a puck off his mouth, skated in on Darcy Kuemper and went to his backhand for the winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Then the game started—and the U.S. skated into a new era of American hockey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Dragonflies skated over the scum on the stagnant backwater.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
